RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 2nd attempt... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 Send it over here, I'll paint it with my special 'ross1' colour I'm using for the walls... Have you not finished that bit of painting yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 And the next item that needs altering is the reverser... mounted in the wrong place and too short. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) Yes, those are the overflows - they typically turn out somewhere the fireman can see them, under the steps is normal, and they occasionally dribble, cough, splutter and can make credible farting sounds. Best Simon Edit A note to self - check if there is another page of posts before answering... Edited August 27, 2016 by Simond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Have you not finished that bit of painting yet? Nope, another 3 weeks work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nope, another 3 weeks work. Less pubs or a bigger brush will speed that up... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 Comparison of the tank support as supplied in the kit on the rhs and my modified version on the left... Too many packing pieces on the original and a bit too narrow. Mods included a fair bit of filing and some extra scrap etch being soldered on... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 27, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2016 And yes I have unsoldered and modified the original attempt and straightened out the rectangular hole. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Chris I see you're getting pretty handy at this scratchbuilding lark. Have you ever considered building a kit? Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 28, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2016 Making up a reverser from scrap etch. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 28, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2016 Bit of a fiddle, and a couple of refits to get it the right height but the reverser is now on. I noted from Mike's photos the was a loop over the top, so that got added too... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Smith Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Nice one Chris, that's looking really good. Because it's such a tiny engine, each individual piece has a huge impact on the overall look and character of it, so an error which you really might not notice on a big pacific is magnified alarmingly on a tiddler like this. Lots of work on your part, but well worthwhile! John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 28, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2016 Cheers John. Next up are the front sand boxes. The castings in the kit seem to be too tall. I may try getting the bast&rd file on them to see how that goes before making new ones. I note the kit destructions show operating levers going down both sides of the footplate - one to each sandbox. From photos there appears to be a single rod going down the drivers side and some sort of linkage between the two... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 My understanding of GW practice accords with the photos. You can use the kit instructions for wiping your .... soldering iron. Best Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 28, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2016 My understanding of GW practice accords with the photos. You can use the kit instructions for wiping your .... soldering iron. Best Simon Having had a closer look at the real sandboxes it looks like fabricating the parts from scratch is the way ahead. Joy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 28, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2016 No progress this afternoon. I'm helping a friend empty some beer barrels. Dirty job but... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 29, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2016 Beer barrels were fuller than we thought. I suspect there will be some regret at some point today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 29, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2016 For some inexplicable reason I didn't much feel like working on the 1366 today. I had two abortive attempts at making a box shape for a new sandbox yesterday (before beer). It didn't go very well and the one that was OK I bu99ered up with the file. These two are on the mat in front of the loco below. This afternoon I've felt slightly more focused and had a light bulb moment. Use some square box section, two bits side by side, and plate round it. This worked nicely and can be seen on the front of the loco to the left of the wrong Agenoria casting. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Sometimes the light bulb moment is late arriving. But when it comes you think to yourself why am I so stupid not to think of it earlier. The loco is coming along great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Fewer, not less. Fewer pubs, less drinking. (Remember it more easily as fewer flowers, less flour.) Andy will get the team doing anything, won't he? But no worse than the amount of people eating a larger number of sugar. AARRRGGGHHHHHHHH! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Your recent photos show a quite splendid piece of modelling. The prototype is not my cup of tea, although it has more charm than a 57xx (ducks quickly, wimpering) but what you are doing to sort it out is excellent. Leaving aside any reservations about kit quality you must have learnt a helluva lot about etched brass getting it to this state. I look forward to seeing it painted (and weathered?) ATB Chaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 30, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2016 Thanks all for the continued support and encouragement, much appreciated. It looks like there may now be a possibility of attending the Telford show on the way home on Sunday. I'm wondering about upgrading the front and rear Vac pipes and smokebox dart. I have also noticed that Premier Components do a set of frames for a 1366 and also the correct shape coupling rods. Is such a chassis rebuild too much? I am concerned about how flimsy (and wrong) the current chassis is though. What to do... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 30, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2016 Your recent photos show a quite splendid piece of modelling. The prototype is not my cup of tea, although it has more charm than a 57xx (ducks quickly, wimpering) but what you are doing to sort it out is excellent. Leaving aside any reservations about kit quality you must have learnt a helluva lot about etched brass getting it to this state. I look forward to seeing it painted (and weathered?) ATB Chaz Thanks Chaz, the 1366 isn't really my cup of tea either as a prototype but they were a very distinctive loco that ran in the last year's of steam in the area. The real thing does have a rugged beauty of a short, outside cylinder loco and, having poured over many photos, it has grown on me. The kit will never grow on me though! Yes, I have to admit that my skills have come on no end after tackling various metal kits in the last few years. I realised that when coming back to this loco after a two year break. Quite pleasing really to gain a new skill set. I still consider myself a novice though, particularly compared to many on this forum that can turn out a beautiful loco in a week or so. This does have to fit in with my day job though, and home life...and with this kit in particular I really do have to be in the right mood to work on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted August 30, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2016 Sometimes the light bulb moment is late arriving. But when it comes you think to yourself why am I so stupid not to think of it earlier. The loco is coming along great. I have lots of those stupid moments... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2016 Thanks all for the continued support and encouragement, much appreciated. It looks like there may now be a possibility of attending the Telford show on the way home on Sunday. I'm wondering about upgrading the front and rear Vac pipes and smokebox dart. I have also noticed that Premier Components do a set of frames for a 1366 and also the correct shape coupling rods. Is such a chassis rebuild too much? I am concerned about how flimsy (and wrong) the current chassis is though. What to do... How long is your shopping list young Sir ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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